Black Bar in GoPro Hero2 footage
 

Just got a Gopro Hero2 last night... and was just testing the footage in Cineform NEO.. vs 5.5.4 and what I'm seeing in the converted file(s) is a small black bar on the lower left hand corner... the bar is vertical, small rectangle...

Anybody else seeing this.. or know how to fix it...

Re: Black Bar in GoPro Hero2 footage
 

I'm not seeing that on my Hero2 (aren't they cool?)

Are you sure you don't have a metadata overlay active? Please send a screen grab to support.

David

P.S. Also check the clip in VirtualDub.

Re: Black Bar in GoPro Hero2 footage
 

Ray, I know what you're talking about, I've had it for months, haven't bothered to notify David and Jake because it doesn't come out in the final render. I know it displays in FirstLight, not sure about Premiere (possibly, can't remember) but when I render out to a delivery codec (H.264) it's not there. I don't think it's anything to do with your GoPro2.

Re: Black Bar in GoPro Hero2 footage
 

Tried it on three different computers... I see the bar on two of them... even when I rendered the file... my main system does not have the issue.. but all 3 computers see a timecode error during the processing if you watch the log during the processing of the file... ??

Re: Black Bar in GoPro Hero2 footage
 

forgot to mention that this was on the new build of software... 5.56 build 338...

not sure what was changed with this version as there are no release notes on the site...

Re: Black Bar in GoPro Hero2 footage
 

Hi Ray,

I did at bit more checking and found that the vertical black bar only displays when I have the 'Overlay Metadata" ticked in FirstLight, I'm using the previous version prior to the latest. Good Luck.

Re: Black Bar in GoPro Hero2 footage
 

interesting... I haven't even tried the first light with the GoPro footage... I'll check it and see if its the culprit...

are you getting the time code error during HDlink conversions??? I'm not sure what that does but I wouldn't think that it should be that way... I see the time code error on all computers...

Re: Black Bar in GoPro Hero2 footage
 

The black rectangle in the bottom corner is definitely a note overlay that was mistakenly added in First Light's Burn-in Controls panel. You can either turn off overlays in general, or go into First Light and manually remove the Note. Email support if you need further assistance.

Re: Black Bar in GoPro Hero2 footage
 

Thanks Jake... I converted a new test vid and your right... it was that FirstLight has the overlay checked.

Checking the overlay off and the black bar goes away..

should we be concerned that the HDlink log shows a time error during conversion?? I can't see any ill effects but now sure what its reporting either...